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Family Life Education

Working with Families across the Lifespan, Fourth Edition

By: Carol A. Darling,Dawn Cassidy,Sharon M. Ballard

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Family Life Education

Working with Families across the Lifespan, Fourth Edition

By: Carol A. Darling,Dawn Cassidy,Sharon M. Ballard

Contemporary family life educators operate within a wide range of settings and with increasingly varied populations and families. In the fourth edition of Family Life Education, Carol Darling and Dawn Cassidy are pleased to have Sharon Ballard join in the process of exposing readers to the diverse landscape of the field while laying a comprehensive, research-based, and practical foundation for current and future family life educators. The authors, who are CFLE Certified, consider the Certified Family Life Educator credential requirements of the National Council on Family Relations throughout the text. Their broad overview of the field includes a brief history and discussion of family life education as an established profession. New to this edition is the inclusion of several models that provide insight into the discipline and practice. There is expanded information about working with diverse audiences and the skills needed to be a culturally competent family life educator. The addition of the personal experiences and reflections of 17 family life educators working in a variety of settings provides a meaningful context to the continuing evolution and importance of family life education in society. The authors incorporate theory, research, and practice while also providing guidelines for planning, implementing, and evaluating family life education programs. Content on sexuality education, relationship and marriage education, and parenting education highlights some of the more prevalent trends and visible forms of family life education. Comments from 35 international colleagues representing 27 countries and 6 continents facilitate understanding the role of family life education in various international settings. The provision of interactive classroom exercises focuses on building awareness, appreciation of diversity, and global trends. Discussion questions and activities encourage readers to examine issues and apply what they have learned.

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468

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Waveland Press

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1478649488

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9781478649489

Creative Research Methods in Education

Principles and Practices

By: Kara, Helen,Lemon, Narelle,Dawn Mannay,Megan McPherson

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Creative Research Methods in Education

Principles and Practices

By: Kara, Helen,Lemon, Narelle,Dawn Mannay,Megan McPherson

Co-authored by an international team of experts across disciplines, this important book is one of the first to demonstrate the enormous benefit creative methods offer for education research. It illustrates how using creative methods, such as poetic inquiry, theatre and animation, can support learning and illuminate participation and engagement.

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208

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Policy Press

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1447357078

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9781447357070

Shadows & Sorcery: A Limited Edition Collection of Magical Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Tales

By: Gina Kincade,C.D. Gorri,Ariel Dawn,Erzabet Bishop,Laura Greenwood,Lulu M. Sylvian,JC Brown,Andra Dill,Melora François

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Shadows & Sorcery: A Limited Edition Collection of Magical Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Tales

By: Gina Kincade,C.D. Gorri,Ariel Dawn,Erzabet Bishop,Laura Greenwood,Lulu M. Sylvian,JC Brown,Andra Dill,Melora François

Magic lurks in the shadows... Get ready to get your spells on with this limited edition collection of magical paranormal romance and urban fantasy tales. Fall under the captivating charms of Witches, Wizards, Shifters, Vampires, Demons, and other supernatural beings in this anthology featuring strong, spunky heroines and swoon-worthy, charismatic heroes you can’t help but find irresistible. These action-packed, alluring stories will have you begging for more from this talented mix of USA Today bestselling and new-to-you authors. Step into the shadows and let this enchanting edition seduce you today!

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1293

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Naughty Nights Press LLC

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1773575724

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9781773575728

Essential Oils for Mindfulness and Meditation

Relax, Replenish, and Rejuvenate

By: Heather Dawn Godfrey

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Essential Oils for Mindfulness and Meditation

Relax, Replenish, and Rejuvenate

By: Heather Dawn Godfrey

A hands-on guide showing how essential oils can support and enhance meditative and mindful practices • Details safe and effective methods to incorporate essential oils into your mindfulness or meditation practice • Explains the many ways essential oils benefit the mind, such as how odors can immediately draw your attention to the present moment, trigger a specific state of consciousness, or provide a way to regain composure quickly • Provides the latest scientific research on the emotional, psychological, physiological, and neurological effects of essential oils on the mind, body, and nervous system • Includes an easy-to-follow chart to help you choose the right essential oil for you For millennia, the spiritual power of odor--such as from incense or frankincense--has been used to symbolize intention, stimulate awareness of our spiritual self, and accentuate rite and ritual. Drawing on this power, as well as their healing qualities, essential oils can provide the perfect complement to meditation or mindfulness practice. Outlining the practice and benefits of meditation and mindfulness in combination with the use of essential oils, Heather Dawn Godfrey explains how these practices hone and sustain a conscious awareness of “being” in the present moment, focusing attention on what you are sensually experiencing and leaving no space for regrets, traumas, fears, anxiety, or anticipation. Providing the latest scientific research on the restorative, rehabilitative, and psycho-emotional healing effects of essential oils, she explains how the sensory experience of odors can immediately draw your attention to the present moment, trigger a specific state of consciousness, such as a deeper meditative state, or offer a way to regain composure quickly when dealing with life’s ups and downs. She shows how many essential oils naturally reduce stress and anxiety, promote a peaceful attitude, support concentration, regulate breathing, and stimulate serotonin and GABA pathways in the brain, making them ideal aids to mindfulness and meditation. Explaining methods to incorporate essential oils into your practice, Godfrey introduces readers to the “Gem” essential oils--a group of oils specifically selected for attaining and maintaining a state of mindfulness, as well as a broad spectrum of therapeutic properties--and she provides an easy-to-follow chart to help you select the oil that is right for you. Offering a hands-on practical guide to integrating essential oils into mindful and meditative practice, the author shows how each of us has the ability to self-generate a calm, tranquil, and worry-free state of mind.

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210

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Simon and Schuster

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1620557630

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9781620557631

Therapy Dogs in Cancer Care

A Valuable Complementary Treatment

By: Dawn A. Marcus

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Therapy Dogs in Cancer Care

A Valuable Complementary Treatment

By: Dawn A. Marcus

Dogs that visit patients with cancer have been convincingly shown to reduce stress, loneliness, and mood disturbance that may complicate cancer care. In addition, dogs may provide important motivation for patients to maintain rehabilitation programs that have been shown to reduce cancer risk and improve cancer survival. Outlining all of these issues and many more, Therapy Dogs in Cancer Care: A Valuable Complementary Treatment is a ground-breaking, highly innovative addition to the literature on cancer care. Detailing a comprehensive summary of truly impressive research demonstrating the ability of dogs to serve an important therapeutic role within the cancer arena and in other serious medical conditions, the text provides highly practical advice and very helpful “tips” to ensure that those who wish to employ dogs to assist the cancer patient have the necessary knowledge and “tools” to optimize outcomes. Authored by Dawn A. Marcus, MD, an expert in both pain management and health improvement through human and dog interaction, Therapy Dogs in Cancer Care: A Valuable Complementary Treatment is an extremely well-organized, well-researched, and highly readable book. Providing practical suggestions to effectively incorporate dogs into cancer care, with detailed instructions about requirements for therapy dogs to ensure visits are safe and limit unwanted spread of infection, Therapy Dogs in Cancer Care: A Valuable Complementary Treatment is an invaluable reference that will inform and delight both the clinician desiring a “how-to” text as well as the casual reader.

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201

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461433789

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9781461433781

The Gift of a Rose

By: Dawn Diamond

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The Gift of a Rose

By: Dawn Diamond

The fight to keep a daughter out of the cluches of Social Services leading to a three year battle

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Lulu.com

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0244530173

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9780244530174

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Family Life Education

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Shadows & Sorcery: A Limited Edition Collection of Magical Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Tales

Shadows & Sorcery: A Limited Edition Collection of Magical Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Tales

Essential Oils for Mindfulness and Meditation

Essential Oils for Mindfulness and Meditation

Therapy Dogs in Cancer Care

Therapy Dogs in Cancer Care

The Gift of a Rose

The Gift of a Rose

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